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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Eva think that the sliced cheese and bologna smelled like?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Raw meat.

2. How did the Wydra's travel from the Canadian port city to Vancouver?
(a) By ship.
(b) By plane.
(c) By train.
(d) By car.

3. What did Eva's father settle into for work in Canada?
(a) He worked for a construction company.
(b) He ran a diner.
(c) He collected and sold junk.
(d) He ran an antique store for fine antiques.

4. When the Wydra's arrived in Canada, how far away were they from Vancouver in Eva's mind?
(a) Very far away.
(b) A day away.
(c) 100 Miles.
(d) Just over the mountains.

5. What nationality was Eva's piano teacher in Canada?
(a) Canadian.
(b) Polish.
(c) Russian.
(d) American.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Eva's voyage of self-improvement, what two historical figures did she want to follow?

2. What was the address where the Wydra's first lived in Vancouver written on the "I'm lost" card?

3. What did Eva tell Penny that she thought of when she thought of love?

4. What game did most teenage parties devolve into that made Eva feel that she was among a strange tribe of adolescents?

5. What novel did John Fowles write that influenced Eva?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Eva's attempt at secrecy, what role did Mrs. Steiner play? Why did Eva place her is this position? What characteristics did Mrs. Steiner have that made Eva behave differently towards her?

2. What role did humor play in learning a new language for the Wydra's and especially Eva? What was it like for Eva to tell a joke? What did not translate from Polish to English?

3. When Eva dreamed of staying in Poland, how did she imagine her life would have been had she stayed? What was "normal" to Eva and why did she believe that life in Poland would have been "normal?"

4. Why did Eva believe that speech was a class signifier?

5. What did Eva mean when she claimed to have "no interior language?"

6. How did Canada's work ethic affect Eva's father and his view of himself?

7. How were Eva's views of communism different from her classmates?

8. When Eva and her family arrived in Canada, how did Eva view the two parts of her life?

9. Why did Eva choose English as the language she would write in when she received her new diary?

10. How did the concept of "internal goods" give Eva comfort and allow her to feel more comfortable with herself?

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